The Eastern Orthodox Church in Moldova is represented by two jurisdictions -- the Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova, commonly referred to as the Moldovan Orthodox Church, a self-governing church body under the Russian Orthodox Church, and by the Metropolis of Bessarabia, also referred to as the Bessarabian Orthodox Church, a self-governing church body under the Romanian Orthodox Church. According to a 2011 Gallup survey on religion, among the Eastern Orthodox of Moldova, 86% belonged to the Moldovan Orthodox Church, while 13% belonged to the Bessarabian Orthodox Church.[1] Other Orthodox jurisdictions - non canonical ones included - have few other parishes in the region.[2]
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- ^ Carnevale, Davide (May 2019). "A Context-Grounded Approach to Religious Freedom: The Case of Orthodoxy in the Moldovan Republic". Religions. 10 (5): 314. doi:10.3390/rel10050314. hdl:11577/3300680.